Finding Miranda (En, Sp, Fr, It, Ge)

[robr]

I am really enjoying this game. The only problem I am having is saving the achievements. I've played thru the game once and found 3 achievements and they were showing on the achievement "scoreboard". It was late, so I turned my computer off and went to bed. Today, when I was able to find time to play the game again, I found out that my 3 achievements were no longer shown on the "scoreboard". What did I do wrong or what didn't I do to save these achievements? I didn't have any problems with saving the achievements while playing DwE or RfJ. I hope I don't have to try to get all 12 achievements in 1 sitting because I really don't have the time to do that. Thank you for any help you can give me.

Just a guess but when you said you turned off your computer, did you actually close the game first or just shut down with the game still open?

My experience has been that achievements are always "saved" by the game and should still be there when starting the game up on another day. You do not have to earn all of the achievements in one go.

I suspect they are saved to the master data file when the game is closed but am not certain. If that is not it, I'll have to defer to tlaero, who programmed the game. She comes on here frequently.

I close the game first and then turn off the computer. Hopefully Tlaero will have the answer.

[Jiimbojones]

art looks cool and story is fun so far.

I like the different options for archetypes and dates that should help make replay more fun.

I''m going to stay away from this thread till I finish, so sorry if it's been brought up but that's not how baccarat works, but the game is still fun.

That said, your baccarat part is less ridiculous than the poker scene in the new casino royale, so you have that gong for you.

can't wait to finish.

[tlaero]

Robr, what OS and browser are you using?

If you play the game for a few pages, close the browser, and then click the "Continue" htm instead of the "Start" htm, does it go back to the place you left off? Similarly, if you save the game and then restore it, does it work?

The mechanism for saving and restoring and continuing is the same one used for achievements. So if one works, the other should as well.

If you're on edge or internet explorer, though, that mechanism is cookies. So if you're playing on "in private" mode or you cleared your cookies, everything saved would be lost. The other browsers use local storage, so if you cleared that, you could also lose your progress.

Tlaero

[robr]

Robr, what OS and browser are you using?

If you play the game for a few pages, close the browser, and then click the "Continue" htm instead of the "Start" htm, does it go back to the place you left off? Similarly, if you save the game and then restore it, does it work?

The mechanism for saving and restoring and continuing is the same one used for achievements. So if one works, the other should as well.

If you're on edge or internet explorer, though, that mechanism is cookies. So if you're playing on "in private" mode or you cleared your cookies, everything saved would be lost. The other browsers use local storage, so if you cleared that, you could also lose your progress.

Tlaero

My OS is Windows 10 and my browser is Firefox. I'm not sure what you mean about closing the browser and then clicking the "Continue" htm, but during the game I can save and restore without any problem. I just got thru playing the game again, all the way to the end, and had 3 achievements, which were showing on the "scoreboard". I closed the game and then clicked on "start", and my achievements were gone. I don't know if CCleaner is cleaning out the cookies right away or not. In a little while I will try playing DwE to see if my achievements are saved in that game. In the past they were saved.

[Hoboy]

Robr, what OS and browser are you using?

If you play the game for a few pages, close the browser, and then click the "Continue" htm instead of the "Start" htm, does it go back to the place you left off? Similarly, if you save the game and then restore it, does it work?

The mechanism for saving and restoring and continuing is the same one used for achievements. So if one works, the other should as well.

If you're on edge or internet explorer, though, that mechanism is cookies. So if you're playing on "in private" mode or you cleared your cookies, everything saved would be lost. The other browsers use local storage, so if you cleared that, you could also lose your progress.

Tlaero

My OS is Windows 10 and my browser is Firefox. I'm not sure what you mean about closing the browser and then clicking the "Continue" htm, but during the game I can save and restore without any problem. I just got thru playing the game again, all the way to the end, and had 3 achievements, which were showing on the "scoreboard". I closed the game and then clicked on "start", and my achievements were gone. I don't know if CCleaner is cleaning out the cookies right away or not. In a little while I will try playing DwE to see if my achievements are saved in that game. In the past they were saved.

As the lady T stated - click the "continue" file to restart rather than the "start". Start will clear progress, while continue will save your achievements...

[robr]

Robr, what OS and browser are you using?

If you play the game for a few pages, close the browser, and then click the "Continue" htm instead of the "Start" htm, does it go back to the place you left off? Similarly, if you save the game and then restore it, does it work?

The mechanism for saving and restoring and continuing is the same one used for achievements. So if one works, the other should as well.

If you're on edge or internet explorer, though, that mechanism is cookies. So if you're playing on "in private" mode or you cleared your cookies, everything saved would be lost. The other browsers use local storage, so if you cleared that, you could also lose your progress.

Tlaero

My OS is Windows 10 and my browser is Firefox. I'm not sure what you mean about closing the browser and then clicking the "Continue" htm, but during the game I can save and restore without any problem. I just got thru playing the game again, all the way to the end, and had 3 achievements, which were showing on the "scoreboard". I closed the game and then clicked on "start", and my achievements were gone. I don't know if CCleaner is cleaning out the cookies right away or not. In a little while I will try playing DwE to see if my achievements are saved in that game. In the past they were saved.

As the lady T stated - click the "continue" file to restart rather than the "start". Start will clear progress, while continue will save your achievements...

Thank you for all your help. My "problem" was my CCleaner cleaning the cookies. By turning off the CCleaner, my achievements are staying on the "scoreboard". I'm just going to have to remember not to run CCleaner until I have completed all 4 paths and viewed the bonus. Again, thank you for your help and this wonderful game.

[JFR]

... Start will clear progress, while continue will save your achievements...

Not necessarily true in all cases. I created a desktop icon which pointed back to "Start.htm" to run the game and used it every time I started or restarted. Never lost anything. Can't explain why that might be in some cases but not others but there it is.

Robr, glad to hear you got it sorted out. Enjoy the rest of the achievements. FM is a winner.

[tlaero]

Start won't clear the achievements, but CCleaner will. (-:

Tlaero

[Hoboy]

Well - I guess that's windows for ya. I play on a Mac and never seem to run into these little things...

[JFR]

...
XCooler2,
Wow.
Just Wow.
Talk about unintended consequences. No, the alphabetic relationship was not something I consciously did. I'm super impressed that you came up with it, though, and I love your Lucile theory. No, that is not my intent for the next game, although the suggestion is so cool that I'm half considering doing a game just to make it happen. (Don't worry Mortze, only half considering. :-) Realistically, doing a full game for this would be crazy, but I'm going to see what I can come up with. Maybe there's a short story in there somewhere that I can use to bridge (alphabetically, at least) to the next game. Tlaero

When I suggested something very similar regarding BEW on the BEW forum, Kexter ridiculed me unmercifully. In a very nice, and creative, way but still ...

XCooler2, consider yourself lucky that Lady T is much more of a lady.

[benedict]

Thank you Tlaero and Mortze for yet another amazing game. Mortze definitely outdid himself with the visuals. The story is top notch. But just because something is very good does not mean it can not get even better.

The regret/nonregret choices were usually clear, but lots of extro/intro options sounded the same. That wasn't such a problem thanks to the save button, but at some point that feature became more of a nuisance than an asset. Being a non-native speaker certainly doesn't help too. Also, the player choosing to date or not other women does not have a direct link to how aggressive he is towards other people. The game could only benefit having less of those options. Just as an idea you could put more instances where the player can get to ogle women, gets caught an in case he is a womanizer he bravely admits it and if not - he apologizes. And yes - Mortze's asses are the best
Facial expressions were a bit overdone. Someone being 100% thoughtful or 100% surprised is a rare case. Also, it might be just me, but woman's faces get the same when showing an expression. For example, put red hair on surprised Miranda and you get Chloe.
Most people are quite one-sided. Morland is the ultimate evil, the protagonists are perfect. One of the reasons people like Chloe best is because she is the only real person in the games, the others are too extreme.
4 playthroughs are a bit too much. Especially when the game plays virtually the same after the second date. The only difference between the 4 is the way you handle Karen on day 1 and which of the 4 dates you choose and I clicked through the rest without reading anything. 2 playthroughs is probably best.
Just an observation - all "good" women characters have pubic hair, all "bad" women are shaved or neatly trimmed.
And one minor nitpick - a girl doesn't need tits or hips to attract attention. Teenage boys especially are not very picky.

[xCooLer2]

...
No, the alphabetic relationship was not something I consciously did. I'm super impressed that you came up with it, though, and I love your Lucile theory. No, that is not my intent for the next game, although the suggestion is so cool that I'm half considering doing a game just to make it happen. (Don't worry Mortze, only half considering. :-) Realistically, doing a full game for this would be crazy, but I'm going to see what I can come up with. Maybe there's a short story in there somewhere that I can use to bridge (alphabetically, at least) to the next game.

Tlaero

Yeah, just after I post that it went to my mind that there was even a pool for FM vs RfJ to be the next game after DwE ... so alphabetic relation was pure coincidence.

Anyway Xara point out during that dialogue that player was in the "wrong" path ... it seemed a perfect line for a bad ending in a game, the path where the player screw things up (like Chole path in RfJ)

xCooLer2

[carloimbonati]

I'm really sorry to hear that there's been a leak.
I didn't support you with my money, but I highly cherish your work, so, even if it is only a symbolic gesture, I won't play this game until its supposed date of release, since I wouldn't have, without those people. I'll take it as a christmas gift

[xsandman78]

Finished first playthrough of the game. Found it much more enjoyable than RFJ. I've only done one of the variants of backgrounds but found the player character to be a massive improvement on the previous game. I liked the ability to be proactive in the basketball scene.
Thought Ishmael was a a very well written male character.
I'd share some of the feeling that Miranda is just too over the top. I'd much prefer a heroine who isn't quite so perfect and master of all skills.

My favourite character of the series so far has been Chloe so i was excited to see the developments with her. Hopefully we 'll see get to see much more of her in future games.

[Tao Dude]

Yes. I'm not going to work on the sequel to Finding Miranda until Mortze and I have finished Pandora part II. I'll do the coding and work in Adventure Creator. He'll do the art. And we'll write the text together.

Tlaero

Hi,tlaero

I have just downloaded your game and am looking forward to playing it after having played Redemption ... and Dreaming...

Slightly off-topic, but you mention Adventure Creator. Hoping to start creating some games of my own, I downloaded a copy of it using a link from a BEW discussion thread, but my Norton won't let me install it because it says the file is infected with a trojan or somesuch. Does the way your software works make it look like a trojan or has somebody got to the file and added some code?

Is it related to Adventure Creator that runs on the Unity engine? I am guessing not, as that needs paying for, or is there a payment model associated with your software as well? Happy to make a contribution if that is expected.

Best, Tao